Bowling, burlesque and brass band will be on tap Friday night when Trumansburg’s Atlas Bowl hosts the “The Lebowski Burlesque Bowl.”

The brainchild of DJ Gourd and Big Mean Sound Machine’s Angelo Peters, the event will feature local burlesque troupe Whiskey Tango Sideshow and the Dingonek Street Band, along with open bowling (you’ll have to rent shoes) and food from the Silo Food Truck.

“Gourd and I have been talking for a long time about the concept of throwing a ‘Big Lebowski’ party at a bowling alley, but we didn’t really have a space to do that until Atlas Bowl open up and started having some big events recently. We wanted to do it with the burlesque dancers and a big brass band, and that amounts to a bunch of people in there getting wild.”

The event will utilize Atlas Bowl’s entire space throughout the night, with the Whiskey Tango ladies performing six solo acts as well as collaborating on a few songs with the Dingonek Street Band, which will be marching around the room at various points in the evening. DJ Gourd will round out the festivities with occasional sets

“They’re going to do skits set to specific songs or sequences or scenes in the movie,” Peters said of the Whiskey Tango Sideshow dancers.

Based in New York City, the Dingonek Street Band is fronted by former Big Mean Sound Machine trumpeter and horn arranger Bobby Spellman, and also sometimes includes former or current Big Mean members Tyler Burchfield, Emily Pecoraro and Greg Blair.

“The Dingonek Street Band is a raucous, improvisatory brass band that fuses funky New Orleans second line with the music of West Africa and Ethiopia,” said Spellman via email. “We play mostly original music inspired by grooves and sounds from across cultures, but we've also been known to play brassy rearrangements of songs by Fela Kuti, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, and Primus.

“The Dingonek is the augmented and refined form of what was originally the Underground Society Band, a brass-based jazz group we started in Boston in 2012,” Spellman continued. As we began to focus more on the wild, funky side of the Underground Society Band, it naturally evolved into what is now the Dingonek. We've played mostly in NYC and the Boson area, and last summer we had a weekly residency at the Pine Box Rock Shop in Brooklyn.”

Peters added: “It’s definitely party music, it’s definitely weird and I think it’s perfect for this type of event.” Find out more about them at www.dingonekbrass.com

Peters is a longtime fan of “The Big Lebowski,” the 1998 Coen Brothers film that stars Jeff Bridges as “The Dude.”

“The hilarity of the whole thing and the absurdity of some of the mundane aspects of life are a big part of it,” he said. “And everybody knows The Dude.”

Advance tickets are $10 and available online at www.ticketfly.com/event/1463400. At the door, admission is $15 ($10 if you’re in costume). “Costumes are encouraged,” Peters said.

The college semester is just about over, so we’re in a bit of a lull this weekend compared to the past few. But there are still a bunch of cool shows to check out in the coming days.

Arise & Go will play a release show Thursday for its new EP at Casita del Polaris.(Photo: Provided)

•Thursday, local Celtic trio Arise & Go — Michael Roddy, Ellie Goud and Tim Ball — will play a release show for its new EP at Casita del Polaris. The recently formed band performs a variety of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and French-Canadian music on pipes, whistles, fiddles and guitar. There’s a $5 suggested cover for the 8 p.m. show.

•Thursday, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Kevin Devine will perform at the Haunt to promote his new album, “Instigator,” which was produced by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.). Find out more at www.kevindevine.net. Adult Mom (adultmom.bandcamp.com) and local favorite Beverly Stokes will open the 8 p.m. show. Cover is $20.

Whitehorse will perform Thursday at the Dock.(Photo: Provided)

•Thursday, Toronto-based duo Whitehorse will come to the Dock. Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland draw from a variety of cool influences — country, surf, noir, psychedelia and more — to create a unique sound that has earned fans across Canada. Find out more at www.whitehorsemusic.ca. Cover is $15 for the 9 p.m. show.

•The Range has a bunch of regional favorites booked for the weekend. Thursday, Corning’s Amongst The Monks will team with the Perry City 5 for an 8 p.m. show. Friday, Cortland jam band Unknown Woodsmen return for a double bill with area reggae favorite Mosaic Foundation at 9 p.m. And Saturday, Ithaca soul quintet Stone Cold Miracle will perform at 9 p.m. Cover for each show is $5. Visit www.therangeithaca.com for information.

• Friday, local DIY nonprofit Ithaca Underground will present an evening of some of Ithaca’s hip-hop and electronic artists. On the bill (in order of appearance) are: TR-607, Geissenger Poppy, Remanu Panther, Moebetta Thagoddess, Sensitive Plant, Money Mars, Misses Sick07, Tahloso, Deathrattle, and Junkyard Theory. The all-ages show kicks off around 7 p.m., with a cover of $5. Visit www.ithacaunderground.org or www.facebook.com/events/707698239432491/ for more information.

•Friday, Sir Richard Bishop will come to the Dock. A founding member of Seattle’s Sun City Girls, Bishop has gone on to carve out a solo career built around his hypnotic guitar style, which draws inspiration from John Fahey and other eclectic influences. Cover is $13 for the 9 p.m. show.

•Friday, PUP, another Toronto-based band, will come to the Haunt to promote its latest album, “The Dream is Over.” The indie-rockers have played hundreds of shows in the past few years, and now they’ll be making their Ithaca debut. Go to www.puptheband.com to find out more. Cover is $15 for the 9 p.m. show.

•City Health Club at 402 W. Green St. has recently been transforming itself to “Club Z” on the weekend and hosting shows. Friday, Little Joe and The Big Shots — the side project of The Destination’s Joe Lonsky — will perform at 8 p.m. Expect accordion versions of popular tunes arranged for your dancing pleasure. Cover is $9, $8 if you’re a student or City Health Club member. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/events/429369474085035/.

•Saturday, the Crucial Reggae Social Club — the house band for the Dock’s Reggae Night for the past three years — will play a rare weekend gig when it closes out the Ithaca Skate Jam at the Ithaca Skate Park on Wood Street. (This is a makeup date from a couple of weeks ago that was rained out.). There’s no admission charge to watch the skate competition, which runs noon to 5:30 p.m., or the band. Visit www.ithacaskatejam.com for details.

•Saturday, the New Roots Rock Band — part of the New Roots Charter School Music Department under the direction of David Ferreira — will return to the Dock for a show to showcase its recent material. The show runs from 6 to 9 p.m., and is open to ages 16 and up with an ID accompanied by an adult.

•Saturday, the Ithaca Bottom Boys — who rapidly have turned into one of the scene’s more popular bands — will play a double bill at the Silver Line Tap Room with the Fly Rods, Don Bazley’s root-rock band. There’s no cover for the 8 p.m. show, but donations are welcome.

•Saturday, Bronwen Exter will return to Casita del Polaris, accompanied by her full band: Jennifer Middaugh, Michael Stark, Matt Saccuccimorano, Jason Shegogue and John Young. “We’ll be playing lots of new songs from the upcoming album and even newer yet, unrecorded songs will debut at this show,” Stark said. “We're all excited about the new material and soon to be, new album.” Cover is $10 for the 8 p.m. show, but no one will be turned away. Visit www.bronwenexter.com or www.facebook.com/events/1845977668998702/ for more information.

•Sunday, local music school Opus Ithaca will present an evening of jazz at the Carriage House Café featuring Opus Ithaca faculty, students, and friends. The players will include guitarist Gabe Condon, vocalist Catherine Gale, trumpeter Paul Merrill, saxophonist Mike Titlebaum and bassisr Desmond Bratton. The 7 p.m. show is free. Visit www.opusithaca.org for more information.

Catalano has covered the local music scene since 1992. Follow him on Twitter at @IthacaMusicNews, and email him at jimcat@aol.com.